A transient high-coherence oscillation in 4U 1820-30

Details A transient high-coherence oscillation in 4U 1820-30 A transient high-coherence oscillation in 4U 1820-30

2004-05-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0405325v1

Astron.Astrophys. 423 (2004) 969-973

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in A&A. FIgure 1 is reduced in resolution, full-resolution version of this text a

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20040335

We re-analyzed two Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer archival observations of the atoll source 4U 1820-30 in order to investigate the detailed time-frequency properties of the source during the intervals when a ~7 Hz QPO was detected by Wijnands et al. (1999, ApJ, 512, L39). We find that in both observations, in addition to a QPO signal lasting a couple of minutes as previously reported, there is a much narrower transient oscillation with a life time of only a few seconds. Within this time, the oscillation is consistent with being coherent. Its integrated fractional rms is around 10% and its frequency 7.3 Hz and 5.7 Hz in the two observations. We discuss the possible association of this QPO with other oscillations known both in Neutron-Star and Black-Hole systems, concentrating on the similarities with the narrow 5-7 Hz oscillations observed at high flux in Black-Hole Candidates.

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